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Fred was the man, he lined them up, he looked like Johnny Cash,
Spruiking all the folks to come and watch the nightly stoush
The bell was ringing, PA was singing, the troupe stood on the boards
The Swedish girls sold dagwood dogs and hardly said a word.

He’d bang upon the big bass drum to advertise the show.
He didn’t seem too fussed by it, but it was all he’d ever known.
Four generations of Brophy men had beat out the same tune.
The tribal call, the ringing bell, it’s time have a blue.

The only fights I saw up there were under Brophy’s lights.
Two tough men going to toe to toe and the crowd was wound up tight
Sawdust and the nervous sweat was mingled on the ground
You score a win it’s sixty bucks for three one minute rounds

A young bloke from Victoria came out to have a crack
Fred paired him up with a bloke his size, rang the bell and then stepped back.
Punch for punch an even match, trading leaden blows.
The southerner got the sixty, a swollen eye and a broken nose.

I was talking to him later over one or two cold beers.
His eye looked like a football, but he was full of four X cheer
We found out later on that night that he wasn’t feeling flash
So The Royal Flying Doctor Service made their mercy dash

Sunday morning comes around and we were bleary eyed,
The Brophy tent stood tall and still beneath a clear blue sky.
The images of Aussie boxers painted on the walls told the passer by that here, the mighty never fall.

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from Diamonds on the Road, released August 17, 2008

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Dave Walker VIC, Australia

Dave Walker made his first record in 1998 and has been churning them out ever since. Variety of styles and a whole range of different musicians.

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